Ziv Nitzan discovered an ancient Canaanite amulet at Tel Azeka, the site where, according to the Bible, David defeated Goliath.
Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities AuthorityThe Canaanite artifact depicts scarabs, which were widely used on seals and amulets in ancient times.
Ziv Nitzan, from Moshav Ramot Meir, Israel, was walking with her parents and two older sisters at the foot of the hill where Tel Azeka is located when she discovered a strangely shaped rock. However, when her family looked at it more closely, they realized it was no ordinary rock.
“We were walking along a path, and suddenly Ziv bent down and, out of all the stones, she chose this one,” her sister Omer said in a Facebook post by the Israel Antiquities Authority. “When she rubbed it and cleaned the sand off, we noticed that it had changed. I called my parents to come see this wonderful stone, and we realized that we had witnessed an archaeological find! We immediately reported it to the Israel Antiquities Authority.”
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